Stormbreaker

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Publisher: Philomel Books 2001
ISBN- 978-0399236204
pages: 192
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Classification: Young Adult Fiction
Genre: Adventure
Media Type: Book

Grade level: 7+

Reader's annotation: Alex goes undercover to find out why the new “Stormbreaker” computers are a danger to the country. Will he get out alive?

Summary: After his uncle is killed in a car accident, Alex is suspicious about the story he was told. A little investigating turns up a bullet riddled car, this was no accident, and the adventure begins. His uncle wasn’t working for a bank after all but he was an MI6 agent and now they want Alex to take over where he left off. His task is to find out what is so special about the new Stormbreaker computers about to be handed to every school in England. Posing as the boy who won the contest to be the first to see the computers Alex goes into the compound where they are made. You won’t be able to put the book down until you reach the exciting action-packed, nail-bitter ending.

Evaluation: A thrill a minute teenage version of James Bond type spy, action thrillers. This is a great book for reluctant readers and boys who like adventure. It is pretty fantastical but not any more than most spy thrillers, it’s lots of fun and a quick read.

Series: Alex Rider adventures - 7 books. There is a graphic novel version of Stormbreaker and Point Blank, the second book in the series as well.